New England Patriots Memorabilia

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The New England Patriots may not have the best Super Bowl record in the National Football League—that would be the Pittsburgh Steelers—but they can lay claim to the most appearances (10) since the contest began on January 15, 1967, when the Green...
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The New England Patriots may not have the best Super Bowl record in the National Football League—that would be the Pittsburgh Steelers—but they can lay claim to the most appearances (10) since the contest began on January 15, 1967, when the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs by a score of 35-10. That monopolization of the contest may explain why the Patriots are one of the most hated football teams in America—give someone else a chance, the nation’s football fans seem to say. On the other hand, the team’s reputation for, well, cheating has probably not helped. First there was the Spygate scandal in 2007, in which Patriots personnel were caught videotaping the signals of the New York Jets, a violation of NFL rules that resulted in a $500,000 fine for coach Bill Belichick. Then there was the Deflategate scandal of 2015, in which it was shown that Patriots had supplied Tom Brady under-inflated footballs so that they’d be easier for the quarterback to grip—Brady threw one interception in the Deflategate game, but went 23 completions for 35 attempts overall, passing for 226 yards and three touchdowns. After losing several appeals, Brady was forced to sit out the first four games of the 2016 season, while the Patriots were fined $1 million and lost a pair of future draft picks. Despite the loss of their star quarterback at the beginning of 2016, the Patriots went on to win the Super Bowl that year, and few observers disagree that the team’s come-from-behind, 34-28 overtime victory in the championship against the Atlanta Falcons, who led at the end of the 3rd quarter 28-9, was one for the ages. Controversies aside, the Patriots have had a number of notable players since its first season in 1960, when the teams called itself the Boston Patriots. Indeed, three members of its first-year roster have had their numbers retired by the organization. They are Gino Cappelletti (20), Jim Lee Hunt (79), and Bob Dee (89). Cappelletti, who played with the...
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